The Needle Drop › August 23, 2026

The Needle Drop — August 23, 2026

Hosted by Derek Smith on KMHD 89.1 FM Portland

43 tracks · 43 artists

Full tracklist

2:02pm — Thad Jones — Billie-Doo

2:09pm — Chuck Mangione & Gap Mangione — Brooks' Brothers

2:14pm — Nujabes — Ordinary Joe (feat. Terry Callier)

2:19pm — Isao Suzuki — Lamento

2:26pm — Hiroshi Suzuki — Shrimp Dance

2:33pm — Cal Tjader — Samba Do Suenho

2:38pm — Freddie Joachim — The Jade

2:42pm — Cachao López — La Luz

2:47pm — Gil Cuppini Quintet — Vinnie's Components

2:55pm — Shorty Rogers & The Giants — Frankie Machine (from "The Man with the Golden Arm")

3pm — St Germain — Mary L

3:05pm — The Baron Von Ohlen Quartet — Vonetta

3:08pm — Miles Davis — Prince of Darkness

3:15pm — Question — Earl Grey

3:18pm — Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers — Blue Moon

3:24pm — Freddie Roach — On Our Way Up

3:30pm — Wilson Pickett — You Keep Me Hangin' On

3:35pm — Shawn Lee & Bei Bei — The Tiger

3:39pm — Greg Foat — The Investigation

3:45pm — Hideo Shiraki — Matsuri No Genzo (with 3 Koto Girls)

3:53pm — Jimmy Forrest — Robbins' Nest

4:02pm — Mulatu Astatke — Yefikir Tizita

4:06pm — Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers — Yambo

4:12pm — Ginger Folorunso Johnson — Egyptian Bint Al Cha Cha

4:15pm — Greyboy — Do It Yourself

4:18pm — Piero Umiliani — Smog (feat. Helen Merrill) [Vocal]

4:21pm — Ronnie Ross & Peter Trunk — Tranquology

4:28pm — Hans Koller Quartet — Saint John Perse

4:32pm — Röyksopp — She's So

4:38pm — Jean Austin — Spirit Free

4:41pm — Donald Byrd — Chant

4:49pm — Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans — Know What I Mean? (Take 7)

4:54pm — Bill Evans Trio — Israel

4:59pm — Sound Dimension — Love Jah

5:03pm — Pedro Ruy-Blas — Inconstantly Lovely Day

5:10pm — Gaussian Curve — The Distance

5:16pm — Greg Foat & Eero Koivistoinen — After All Is Said And Done

5:23pm — The Fabulous Three — Django's Soul

5:25pm — Coleman Hawkins Quintet — After Midnight

5:30pm — Nina Simone — Com' By H'Yere Good Lord (Live)

5:32pm — Nightmares On Wax — Morse

5:37pm — John Coltrane Quartet — Nancy (With the Laughing Face)

5:40pm — John Coltrane — Ole

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